Ramesh Phadke

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Archive data: Person was Advisor, Research at IDSA from 2009 to 2010

Joined IDSA
01 July 2009
Background
Ramesh V. Phadke, a fighter pilot, is a retired Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force. He was the Air Force Member and Senior Fellow at IDSA from 1999 to 2002.
He is a MSc in Defence Studies from Madras University. He held the Air Mshl Subroto Mukherjee Chair at the USI of India in 2003 and is the author of a book, China’s Power Projection Capabilities, published by USI-Manas Publications, Delhi.
He was a visiting fellow at CISAC Stanford University in 2001 where he published a paper titled “PLAAF: Shifting Air Power Balance”.
His current interests include China’s Military, Air Power Studies and India’s Security and Comprehensive National Power.
Publications at IDSA

Advisor, Research
Email:-rvphadke[at]idsa[dot]in
Phone:-+91 11 2671 7983

Publication

MMRCA: A difficult choice for the IAF

As an old fighter pilot, I would always pitch for a light, easily manoeuvrable, agile and relatively inexpensive fighter that delivers every time, generates high sortie rates and is easy to maintain and train on a day to day peace time schedule.

Indian Aerospace Power

Modern aerospace power is the only instrument that would give the country an assured capability to project precision fire power at great distances with or without mid-air refuelling and AWACS support and therefore, continues to remain the best instrument for deterrence and instantaneous and calibrated response to emerging threats. Whatever India decides, it cannot but modernise its aerospace power.

Securing India at the Gates

Instead of beefing up army/police/paramilitary forces in the towns and cities, the government needs to urgently take measures to prevent entry of the criminal and terrorist elements at or close to the border.